Farewell to Jean-Jacques Avenel, Abdul Wadud & Marian McPartland… at least 3 greats departed in just the past week or so. Sadly, musicians from the golden years of 50s to 70s are leaving us --nothing we can do. Maybe one thread for all makes more sense?

Ron Thorne wrote:Howard Cosell
Howard Roberts
Ron Howard

Rachael Ward
Kjell Nordeson
Jello Biafra

Gentle Giant wrote:Martin Scorcese
Joe Pesci
Donna Pescow

Henry Cowell
Billy Cowsill
Noël Coward

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Elton Dean
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BTW, nice one on #620, Cem!

Stockard Channing
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Thanks, Jason!

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Bruce Fowler
Charlie Byrd
Chick Corea

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William Saroyan
W. Royal Stokes

Eyal Maoz
Alpha Yaya Diallo
Maya Homburger

Nice piece by David Simon
http://davidsimon.com/robin-williams-a-brief-encounter/

Gentle Giant wrote:Danny O'Keefe
Keef Hartley
Nina Hartley

Nina Hagen
Nina Simone
Gina Lollobrigida

If a man who did such great things in life can feel the need to check out early, all bets are off. I'm sorry, he was in such agony. Farewell, Robin Williams… This video was the first stand-up of his I saw. Lots of nervous coke energy, but some really great stuff, too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

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Harold Melvin

Elvin Bishop
Elvis Costello
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Gal Costa
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Elias Coteas

jtx wrote:Alex Breckenridge
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Alexei Sayle
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jtx wrote:Oliver North
Harry South
Mae West

Mia Farrow
David Bowie
Mark Sanders

Ken Aldcroft / William Parker -- One Sunday

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Cem wrote:Eli Wallach
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Sir Walter Scott
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J. Edgar Hoover
G. Gordon Liddy
L. Ron Hubbard

uli wrote:Mustapha Skandrani
El Hachemi Gueruabi
El Anka

Eli Wallach
Wallace Roney
Wally Shoup

Betty Carter mid-90s at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver.
Theo Bleckmann in 2006 with Ben Monder, Chris Gestrin & Dylan van der Schyff at Rime in Vancouver.

jtx wrote:Jozy Altidore
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Joseph Arthur

Arthur Ashe
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bluenoter wrote:Bill Withers
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Georgia O'Keefe
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jtx wrote:J.J. Abrams
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Cindy Blackman

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Dante Alighieri

Ali MacGraw
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jtx wrote:Ansel Adams
Edsel Ford
Gisele Bündchen

Monica Seles
Nick Didkovsky
Nicole Mitchell

jtx wrote:Neil Finn
Neil Sedaka
Sam Neill

Ryan O'Neal
Tatum O'Neal
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